Isaiah 57:4
{ "verseID": "Isaiah.57.4", "source": "עַל־מִי֙ תִּתְעַנָּ֔גוּ עַל־מִ֛י תַּרְחִ֥יבוּ פֶ֖ה תַּאֲרִ֣יכוּ לָשׁ֑וֹן הֲלֽוֹא־אַתֶּ֥ם יִלְדֵי־פֶ֖שַׁע זֶ֥רַע שָֽׁקֶר׃", "text": "*ʿal-mî* *titʿannāgû* *ʿal-mî* *tarḥîbû* *peh* *taʾărîḵû* *lāšôn* *hălôʾ-ʾattem* *yildê-pešaʿ* *zeraʿ* *šāqer*.", "grammar": { "*ʿal-mî*": "preposition + interrogative pronoun - against whom", "*titʿannāgû*": "hithpael imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you make yourselves sport/delight yourselves", "*tarḥîbû*": "hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you make wide/open wide", "*peh*": "noun, masculine, singular - mouth", "*taʾărîḵû*": "hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you make long/extend", "*lāšôn*": "noun, feminine, singular - tongue", "*hălôʾ-ʾattem*": "interrogative particle + negation + 2nd person masculine plural pronoun - are you not", "*yildê-pešaʿ*": "noun, masculine, plural construct + noun - children of transgression", "*zeraʿ*": "noun, masculine, singular construct - seed of", "*šāqer*": "noun, masculine, singular - falsehood/lie" }, "variants": { "*titʿannāgû*": "amuse yourselves/mock/delight yourselves/make sport", "*tarḥîbû*": "open wide/enlarge/make wide", "*taʾărîḵû*": "stick out/extend/prolong", "*pešaʿ*": "transgression/rebellion/sin", "*šāqer*": "falsehood/deception/lie" } }